Talbert finishes first at Carolinas-Georgia Junior Championship

The fifth annual Carolinas-Georgia Junior Championship was recently held at Mount Vintage Golf Club in North Augusta. Strom Thurmond High School senior and Clemson signee McKenzie Talbert was the winner in the girls division. Talbert, a three-time individual state champion, carded 73-74147 in the 36-hole event to take the medalist honors, topping runner-up Louise Oxner by two strokes.

A pair of South Aiken High School golfers competed in the boys draw. Thoroughbred teammates Ryan Carpenter and Hayden Ploeger represented the Carolina team  composed of players from North and South Carolina in a competition against Georgia junior golfers. Carpenter, signed to play at College of Charleston, finished tied for 28th, after rounds of 78 and 77. Ploeger, whos signed to play college golf for Presbyterian, shot 84-84168.

Trace Crowe, of Easley, shot back-to-back rounds of 70 to win the boys division. Crowe finished well ahead of Carson young and Austin Langdale  the top two ranked junior boys in the Palmetto State, who are teammates at Pendleton High School and have both committed to Clemson. They were part of the winning team in last years Southern Cross Golf Tournament at Palmetto Golf Club.

2013 Carolinas-Georgia Junior Championship

Jan. 20-21

Mount Vintage Golf Club

Girls Results

McKenzie Talbert 73-74147

Louise Oxner 77-72149

Madison Moosa 73-77150

Sydney Legacy 73-79152

Janet Mao 75-77152

Sloan Shanahan 80-73153

Reona Hirai 73-81154

Kayla Jones 78-77155

Kelli Murphy 79-77156

Lucia Polo 79-77156

Eunice Yi 81-77158

Riley Lovorn 80-79159

Jessica Haigwood 81-78159

Eden Howard 78-82160

Sarah Spicer 82-78160

Sarah Bertram 83-77160

Diane Lim 78-82160

Gina Kim 83-78161

Kelsey Badmaev 79-83162

Ji Eun Baik 81-81162

Sabrina Long 83-79162

Emily Kurey 82-81163

Hannah Craver 87-77164

Tara Simmons 82-84166

Cecily Overbey 83-84167

Maddisen Cox 82-87169

Cayla Smith 87-83170

Victoria Allred 90-82172

Hannah Deems 86-87173

Annie Swords 84-93177

Catherine Ashworth 87-92179

Sarah Bae 82-wdwd

Boys Results

Trace Crowe 70-70140

Richard Hubbard 72-70142

Carter Jenkins 71-71142

Victor Wiggins 70-73143

Johnson Holliday 72-74146

Will Long 76-70146

Ben Schlottman 72-74146

Joshua Martin 74-72146

Jonathan Keppler 68-78146

Tanner Gross 74-73147

Trevor Phillips 72-76148

David Mackey 74-74148

James Clark 76-72148

Tanner Owen 77-72149

William Blalock 74-76150

Andrew Novak 74-77151

Chandler Pearson 75-76151

William Gordon 72-79151

Emmanuel Kountakis 77-74151

Taylor White 70-82152

Thomas Walsh 75-77152

Wyatt Larkin 77-75152

Jeremy Grab 73-80153

Nathan Mallonee 75-78153

Steven Fisk 73-81154

Tye Waller 80-74154

Kyle Mueller 77-77154

Jonathan Hardee 79-76155

Ryan Carpenter 78-77155

Keegan Hoff 83-72155

Austin Langdale 73-83156

Charlie Spencer-White 74-82156

Christian Cichan 83-73156

Carson Young 76-81157

Bryson Nimmer 81-76157

Ross Robison 76-81157

Austin Zoller 84-74158

Tyler Young 79-79158

Ryan Stachler 78-80158

Wick Andrews 83-76159

Seth Gandy 83-76159

Willliam Rainey 77-82159

Wesley Simmons 81-78159

Cabrick Waters 79-81160

Bradley Kauffman 79-81160

Thomas Lilly 82-78160

Zachary Martin 86-74160

Jake Fendt 79-81160

Will Hicks 79-82161

Preyer Fountain 79-82161

Buster Bruton 82-79161

Harry Lambert 79-82161

Charlie Flowers 81-82163

Carson Spears 83-80163

Adam Garrett 83-82165

Zach Seabolt 80-85165

John Yi 83-82165

Justin Connelly 80-85165

Christopher Harris 82-83165

Zachary Pritchard 82-84166

Jackson Heazel 82-85167

Hayden Ploeger 84-84168

Eric Bae 74-wdwd

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